July 13 National Weather Roundup

The Nation's Weather National Weather Summary for Monday July 13, 2009

NATIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY:

In the East, pleasant weather returned to the northeasternstates behind a cold front with partly cloudy skies and comfortablemid-summer temperatures. The back end of the front trailed southfrom Virginia and northern North Carolina to the Tennessee Valley.Strong to severe thunderstorms erupted during the afternoon hoursacross southeast Virginia where there were several reports of winddamage from estimated 60-70 mph winds. Early morning stormsdissipated across eastern Tennessee but numerous thunderstormsaffected most of central and eastern Tennessee and northern Georgiaagain during the afternoon and evening hours. A lot of thisactivity was severe from south central Kentucky through centralTennessee with a lot of felled trees reported. Scatteredthunderstorm clusters were also common across southern Mississippi,Alabama and the Florida peninsula through the afternoon hours. Across the central states, Canadian high pressure brought dry conditions and cool temperatures to the Great Lakes region. A new record low was established at International Falls, Minnesota at 35 and two additional record lows were tied in Wisconsin. Across the South it was a very different story with very hot weathercontinuing. Temperatures soared to over 100 again in most areasfrom southern Kansas through Texas with upper 90s over much ofArkansas and Louisiana. In between these two air masses, stormscontinued from the high Central Plains through the mid MississippiValley. One complex of storms moved from eastern Kansas throughMissouri and southern Illinois with another area of stormsadvancing south from southeast South Dakota through easternNebraska and western Iowa. In the West, thunderstorms developed along the Front Range from Colorado to southern Wyoming late in the day bringing hail to a lot of the area. Hail was reported to be as big as golf balls in someareas and in Douglas, Wyo., the ground was completely white afterhail fell for 30 minutes. Scattered thunderstorms were commonthroughout the northwest states with a few severe reports duringthe afternoon from eastern areas of Washington and Oregon towestern Montana. It was mainly dry over the southwest with very hottemperatures continuing over the Deserts. Phoenix tied a recordhigh for the day at 115.

In 1895, a tornado descended over Cherry Hill, N.J. causing $50,000 damage and killing three people. The twister later moved into the Harlem and Woodhaven areas of New York City killinganother person before ending as a waterspout over Jamaica Bay. In 1980, a very hot day across the south had temperatures in Memphis, Tenn., soaring to 108, a new all-time record. Atlanta tops out at 105, Macon, Ga., at 108 and Birmingham, Ala., at 106. Newington, Ga., was the hottest with an afternoon high of 110. In 1995, a record heat wave continues across the Midwest with all-time record highs set at Chicago (106) and La Crosse, Wis., (108). The heat combined with extreme humidity and apparenttemperatures of 130 were reached at both Chicago and Cedar Rapids,Iowa.

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